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Endless Monsoons, Endless Trials: An update from Tijmali (Raygada-Kalahandi) on People’s Resistance to Bauxite Mining

The Adivasi and Dalit communities of Tijimali continue to actively resist Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mining project in the region. An update on the struggle.    Groundxero | November 8, 2025   Since mid-2023, Adivasis and Dalits from Tijmali, Kuturumali, and Majhingmali—located in the Kashipur and Thuamul Rampur blocks of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, respectively—have been actively resisting […]


NAPM: End Repression on Democratic Ladakh Movement; Free Sonam Wangchuk; Drop NSA Charges

NAPM held the Union government accountable for lives lost to police bullets in Ladakh, as a result of brutal State response to a democratic struggle and turning the rightful demand for Sixth schedule and statehood as ‘anti-national’.    Groundxero | Sep 27, 2025   The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) has strongly condemned the arrest of […]



Witnessing Tij Raja’s Children Roar: How Odisha’s Adivasis Resist Corporate Mining

Beyond spectacles of formulaic festivities, Tij Raja’s children have taught me that the will to resist oppression and fight for one’s rights is more contagious than the fear invoked by the oppressor.   Srijan Dutta Groundxero | Sep 3, 2025   A week before India’s 79th Independence Day, this year’s 9 August marked the 30th anniversary of […]


Arrest of Ex-Jadavpur University Student Activist Alarming for Democracy

Why such political vendetta by the state government against a student activist; is it the person Hindol who is being targeted or the real target is the institution – Jadavpur University? Is Mamata copying the playbook of Amit Shah of criminalizing protestors and trying to make Umar Khalid out of Hindol? The answers are not […]


Punjab Rises in Resistance: United Protest Against Adivasi Massacres Demands, “Stop the Brutal War on the People!”

Over three dozen people’s democratic organizations from Punjab united in a powerful rally and protest march in Moga to condemn the ongoing brutal massacre of Adivasis and their ally resistance forces.   By Boota Singh Mehmoodpur Groundxero | Aug 10, 2025   On August 8, 2025, over three dozen people’s democratic organizations from Punjab united in a powerful […]


Adivasis and Dalits Guarding Tijmali Day and Night to Protect their Hills, Forests and Streams from Vedanta 

The struggle of Adivasi and Dalit communities of Tijimali to resist Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mining project in the region is at a critical juncture. The villagers are braving the monsoon rains and guarding Tijmali day and night to protect their hills, forests and streams.    Groundxero | July 8, 2025   Since mid-2023, Adivasis and Dalits from […]


পাঞ্জাবে জমির দাবিতে দলিতদের লড়াই, পাওনা শুধুই রাষ্ট্রীয় নিপীড়ন

পাঞ্জাবের বেচিরাগের ঘটনা ভূমি অধিকারের জন্য দলিতদের নিরন্তর সংগ্রামের এক তীব্র প্রতিচ্ছবি।   দেবাশিস মিথিয়া Groundxero | June 06, 2025   ২০২৫ সালের ২০শে মে, দলিতদের বঞ্চনার এক মর্মান্তিক অধ্যায় নতুন করে রচিত হলো। ওই দিন পাঞ্জাবের সাঙ্গরুর জেলার ‘বীর এশওয়ান’ (বেচিরাগ) গ্রামে ‘জমিন প্রাপ্তি সংঘর্ষ কমিটি’ বা ‘জেডপিএসসি’, একটি জমি দখল কর্মসূচির ডাক দেয়। মূল দাবি ছিল সরকারের […]


  • May 1, 2025
  • 3:06 pm
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‘Grotesque Spectacle’ on May Day: CEO Pay Up 50% Since 2019 Compared to 0.9% for Workers

“This isn’t a glitch in the system—it’s the system working exactly as designed, funneling wealth ever upwards while millions of working people struggle to afford rent, food, and healthcare.”   By Jake Johnson May 01, 2025   As people worldwide filled the streets Thursday to celebrate International Workers’ Day and mobilize against attacks on the working […]


দেউচা-পাচামি-র খনি বিরোধী আদিবাসীদের লড়াই ‘সড়ক সে লেকর সংসদ তক’

গত ২১ মার্চ দেওচা-পাঁচামিতে কয়লা খনি প্রকল্প বন্ধের দাবিতে বিশাল মিছিল হয় কলকাতায়। মিছিলে দেওচা-পাঁচামি থেকে আসা মানুষ জানান কীভাবে স্থানীয় প্রশাসন মিথ্যে প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়ে, ভয় দেখিয়ে এবং পুলিশি অত্যাচার চালিয়ে সম্মতি আদায় করতে চেষ্টা করছে। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর রিপোর্ট।   Groundxero | March 22, 2025   চোখে চোখ রেখে স্পষ্ট গলায় পুতুল কিস্কু জানিয়ে দিলেন “খনি আমরা চাই না। […]


দেউচা: হিম শীতল সন্ত্রাস ও প্রতিস্পর্ধায় সাঁওতাল

পরিবেশ আন্দোলনের সকল ধারা মিলিত হোক দেউচায় কয়লা তোলার আস্ফালনের বিরুদ্ধে, আদিবাসীদের জমি কেড়ে নেওয়ার হিংস্রতার বিরুদ্ধে। লিখলেন শুভ প্রতিম।   Groundxero | March 11, 2025   “চাইলে আগামিকাল অর্থাৎ বৃহস্পতিবার থেকে দেউচা পাচামিতে কাজ শুরু করা যেতে পারে। সমস্ত পরিকাঠামো তৈরি।” ঠিক এই গর্বিত ঘোষণা দিয়ে বাণিজ্য সম্মেলনের মুখবন্ধ তৈরি করে দিয়েছিলেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী। গত ৫ ফেব্রুয়ারি, কানায় […]


A Walk with Dalit Mukti March 

Something new is happening in Punjab, which might answer the question about the left’s incapability to address the caste question. Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Committee (ZPSC) is a well-organized Dalit-left organisation working have successfully taken control of reserved one-third of the village common land for Dalits and established cooperative farms in more than 150 villages. The organisation […]


A Brief Note on Recent Events in the Tijmali Region, Odisha

28 January, 2025   Since May-June 2023, the Adivasi and Dalit communities of Tijmali, Kuturumali and Majhingimali, in Kashipur and Thuamal Rampur blocks in Raygada and Kalahandi districts in Odisha, respectively, have been protesting against the proposed bauxite mining project of Vedanta Ltd. The struggle is for the protection of their lands, forests, streams and […]


  • December 25, 2024
  • 9:46 pm
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  • Interview

Reimagining Socialism: An Interview With David Kotz

“Full equality is antithetical to the logic and functioning of capitalism. A capitalist economy cannot work without exploiting workers,” said the economist.   By C.J. Polychroniou Dec 24, 2024   In the 1990s, all the talk was about the end of socialism and the unchallenged military and economic superiority of the United States. Nonetheless, two decades later, […]


UP Police Forcefully Evict and Arrest Peacefully Agitating Farmers 

The Uttar Pradesh police today morning forcibly arrested hundreds of farmers who were on protest, including a number of women, demanding compensation and benefits as per the Land Acquisition Act of 2014.   Groundxero | Dec. 3, 2024   The Uttar Pradesh police, today, forcefully evicted farmers and arrested thousands of them from the Dalit Prerana Sthal in […]